Seafarer Abandonment
Every year, the ITF and its affiliates deal with a number of cases of ‘abandonment’, where a shipowner ‘abandons’ their responsibilities for the ship and its crew.
The Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC) states that abandonment occurs when a shipowner;
- fails to cover the cost of the seafarer’s repatriation; or
- has left the seafarer without the necessary maintenance and support; or
- has otherwise unilaterally severed their ties with the seafarer including failure to pay contractual wages for a period of at least two months’
When this happens, the ITF Seafarers' Support team and our team of Inspectors will try their best to repatriate the crew and recover any outstanding wages.
All of the cases listed here have been reported to the International Labour Organization’s Abandonment of Seafarers database which provides further details, and also provides information on cases reported by governments and other organisations.
Get in touch about abandonment:
- If you’re a seafarer, and you think your ship may have been abandoned, you should contact ITF Seafarer Support
- If you’re a journalist interested in learning more about one or several of these abandonment cases, please contact the ITF’s media team
ITF current cases
| Vessel Name | IMO | Flag | Port | Country | Owed Wages | Seafarers | Nationalities | Reported to ITF Sort ascending | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR 4 | 9038426 | Tanzania | Vassiliko | Cyprus | 3 months | 12 | Syria | Open | |
| ASG PORTOFINO | 9229087 | Palau | Calais | France | 4 months | 12 | Ukraine | Open | |
| CECILIA | 8008498 | Comoros | Algeciras | Spain | 3 months | 12 | Bangladesh, India | Open | |
| PETRO DOLPHIN | 1072294 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 19 | India | Open | |
| BABEK MAHMUDLU | 9375082 | Liberia | Hafia | Israel | 2 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, India, Russia | Open | |
| SEA ARIES | 9297125 | Belize | Casablanca | Morocco | 2 months | 11 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| BADER III | 7504598 | Palau | Port Said | Egypt | 2 months | 72 | Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, Philippins | Open | |
| ZEIN I | 7622041 | Panama | Mindelo | Cabo Verde | 2 nmonths | 48 | Egypt, Jordan, Philippines | Open | |
| MOUNT | 9252618 | Palau | Dubai | UAE | 2 months | 8 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| GHENA | 8303989 | Panama | Sao Sebastiao | Brazil | 2 months | 74 | Philippines, Sweden | Open | |
| SWIFT FALCON | 9246803 | Panama | Al Hamriyah | UAE | 2 months | 21 | China, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| RC STAR 1 | 1066594 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Mumbai | India | 8 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| CARINA S | 8908545 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Samsun | Turkiye | 3 months | 12 | Ukraine | Open | |
| ALGEDI STAR | 9374090 | Panama | Taressa | Guinea Conakry | 2 months | 11 | Egypt, Russia | Open | |
| NEREUS | 9170913 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Al Hodeidah | PROGRESS | 2 months | 14 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| NEW LIFE | 8876510 | Cameroon | Canakkale | Turkiye | 2 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Ukraine | Open | |
| ARDA | 8125155 | Panama | Unye | Turkiye | 5 months | 5 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| BAHMANSHIR-1 | 8346515 | Iran | Assaluyeh | Iran | 4 months | 8 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| AYAT | 9467885 | San Marino | Suez | Egypt | 3 months | 23 | Egypt, India, Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| GBP MARINE | 9711054 | Tazania | Tanga | Tanzania | 2 months | 14 | Bangladesh, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| JIAN YANG HUI | 9532070 | Mongolia | Nghe Tinh anchorage | Vietnam | 3 months | 9 | Ghana | Open | |
| ZEG GLORY | 9152571 | Palau | Larnaca | Cyrpus | 2 months | 14 | India, Turkiye | Open | |
| NIRVANA | 9158161 | Unknown | Pipavav Bhar Nagar | India | 2 months | 22 | India | Open | |
| EILEEN | 9070503 | Cameroon | Astakos | Greece | 3 months | 13 | Ukraine | Open | |
| ASG KHERSON | 9255579 | Palau | Port of Spain | Tridad & Tobago | 4 months | 12 | Ukraine | Open | |
| HADI 54 | 9760964 | Bahrain | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 5 | India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GLOBAL BEAUTY | 9221267 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 2 months | 18 | Georgia, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| GAS ELISABETH | 9261578 | Potugal | Izmit | Turkiye | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia, Latvia | Open | |
| BGMS MIGHTY | 9944364 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 9 | Egypt, Indonesia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| MADAD 7 | 9414175 | Comoros | Musaffah | UAE | 3 months | 6 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| KOKOO | 9114074 | Tanzania | Noumea | New Caledonia | 2 months | 8 | China, Myanmar | Open | |
| ONUR | 88535894 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 3 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Georgia | Open | |
| VIVA | 9156539 | Liberia | Said | Egypt | 18 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | ||
| BGMS BADER | 9944405 | Panama | Dammam | Dammam | 5 months | 16 | Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Saudí Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| BGMS SUCCESS | 9944390 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 3 | Azerbaijan, Nigeria, Tanzania | Open | |
| BRAVERY LOYALTY | 9582726 | Singapore | Penang | Malaysia | 6 months | 12 | China, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| FORESTER | 9003524 | Tanzania | Gulluk Anch | Turkiye | 5 months | 9 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| SOLDIER | 9590008 | Tanzania | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 4 months | 22 | Venezuela | Open | |
| AYODHA | 1066219 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 5 months | 14 | Bangladesh, India | Open | |
| RAY | 8222434 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 2 months | 8 | Egypt, Pakistan | Open | |
| RAWABI 204 | 9898072 | Tuvalu | Safaniya | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 17 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| WARRIOR KING | 9038854 | Unknown | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 4 months | 24 | Venezuela | Open | |
| COLON | 9503574 | Unknown | Punta Cardon | Venezuela | 4 months | 29 | Venezuela | Open | |
| GREEN LAND | 9246449 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Batam anchorage | Indonesia | 2 months | 21 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEDRA | 9043146 | Panama | Sohar | Oman | 3 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Sudan | Open | |
| YORACO | 9503586 | Iran | Amuay Bay | Venezuela | 4 months | 29 | Venezuela | Open | |
| ISIK 4 | 8906303 | Vanuatu | Hafia | Israel | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Turkiye | Open | |
| MAYBACH | 8134522 | Tanzania | Dakar | Senegal | 3 months | 9 | Azerbaijan, India, Turkiye | Open | |
| MAHAKAL | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 2 | India | Open | ||
| DALAL QUEEN | 8812954 | Comoros | Hodaydah | Yemen | 3 months | 11 | Egypt, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| PESCADORES | 8865107 | Tanzania | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 3 months | 9 | Indonesia | Open | |
| TURBO SM | 7612498 | Comoros | Zeytinburnu | Turkiye | 5 months | 6 | Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia | Open | |
| BGMS SUPERB | 9944388 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 2 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| DUX | 5403740 | Unknown | Vigo | Spain | TBC | 5 | Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco | Open | |
| ORIENTE NO. 7 | 8430586 | Libya | Tuzla | Turkiye | 4 months | 7 | India | Open | |
| MEER NA | 8841357 | Cameroon | Istanbul | 8841357 | 3 months | 9 | Egypt, India, Iran, Syria | Open | |
| SERNAKH | 7726392 | Unknown | Duqm | Oman | 11 | India | Open | ||
| MIRNA | 9291925 | Unknown | Hong Kong | Republic of China | 6 months | 9 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| JETMAX 2 | 9006447 | Comoros | Sinop | Turkiye | 3 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| ESTRELLA CHARLENE | 9123855 | Panama | Las Calderas | Dominican Republic | 5 months | 14 | India, Montenegro | Open | |
| KARADENIZ POWERSHIP GOKSEL BEY | 9121845 | Liberia | Bata | Equatorial Guinea | 2 months | 18 | Turkiye | Open | |
| SHWE LIN YONE | 9750488 | Niue | Tuticorin | India | 5 months | 8 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| LADY GHEDA 1 | 7616004 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 13 | India | Open | |
| GLOBAL HAWK | 9422859 | Unknown | Sawakin Digna anchorage | Sudan | 2 months | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| ANKA | 9365415 | Tanzania | Reni anchorage | Ukraine | 6 months | 13 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India | Open | |
| NSP BARGE 1 | Malaysia | Malacca | Malaysia | 5 months | 5 | Bangladesh | Open | ||
| JIN LONG 389 | 8357069 | China | An-Ping | Taiwan | 2 months | 9 | Myanmar | Open | |
| EMMA | 8101599 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 4 months | 6 | India | Open | |
| NAMI | 9124706 | Tanzania | An-Ping | Taiwan | 3 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| RS EAGLE | 8200802 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Unye | Turkiye | 7 months | 4 | Azerbaijan, India | Open | |
| PRIDE | 9813307 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Dubai | UAE | 4 months | 8 | Philippines, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| TANYA | 9153135 | Comoros | Sahrjah | UAE | 3 months | 14 | Ethiopia, India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| SARAH | 8120478 | Comoros | Gdynia | Poland | 6 months | 1 | Georgia | Open | |
| JAMILAH | 9133185 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 3 months | 17 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| WATERLOO | 1072361 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 14 | India | Open | |
| MALA KADO | 9141912 | Guinea-Bissau | Suez anchorage | Egypt | 4 months | 3 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| STAR APOLLO | 9644897 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Batam | Indonesia | 5 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| KLARA | 9781827 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 2.5 months | 5 | Croatia | Open | |
| VASILIY BOZHENKO | 8623999 | Ukraine | Diliskelesi | Turkiye | 5 months | 7 | Ukraine | Open | |
| OXIN | 9190274 | St. Maarten | Zhoushan | China | 3 months | 13 | India, Iran | Open | |
| SENCER 1 | 9311804 | Tanzania | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| ARMAN 114 | 9116412 | Iran | Batam | Indonesia | 2 months | 14 | Iran, Syria | Open | |
| VESTLANDIA | 8211100 | Unknown | Benghazi | Libya | 4 months | 16 | Philippines | Open | |
| HAWKS JAUAAHIRU | 9174232 | Cameroon | Male | Maldives | 4 months | 15 | India, Indonesia, Maldives | Open | |
| STRATOS | 79030498 | Unknown | Jubail Naval anchorage | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 10 | India, Iraq | Open | |
| AMUR-2528 | 8727850 | Russia | Alat | Azerbaijan | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| KUM JIN | 8806462 | Mongolia | Klang | Malaysia | 7 months | 8 | Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| GOLDEN HORIZON | 9793545 | Croatia | Split | Croatia | 3 months | 22 | Bosnia, Croatia, Indonesia, Ukraine | Open | |
| NORDIC BAHARI | 8203153 | Indonesia | Surabaya | Indonesia | 2 months | 39 | Australia, Indonesia, Russia | Open | |
| SU GAS | 9134361 | Comoros | Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 10 | India, Iran | Open | |
| AYA ZANOUBYA | 7702994 | Tanzania | MBM | Albania | 5 months | 11 | Albania, Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| JETMAX 5 | 8409654 | Unknown | Unye | Turkiye | 4 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| JOY GLORY | 1032672 | Jamaica | Zhoushan | China | 4 months | 14 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| GOLDEN PALM | 7636339 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 2 months | 17 | Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Namibia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| BGMS SPLENDOR | 9944376 | Panama | Dammam | Saudi Arabia | 8 months | 11 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Russia, Tanzania | Open | |
| SAGER VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 4 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| DNIPRO LINE | 9136371 | Ukraine | Tuzla | Turkiye | 6 months | 7 | Ukraine | Open | |
| HIMS 11 | 9615494 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 5 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| MYGAN | 9108489 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Famagusta | Cyprus | 9 months | 12 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| GNL 1008 | 9667590 | Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 2 Months | 12 | Brazil | Open | |
| HADI 38 | 9589920 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 9 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HADI 50 | 9845348 | Bahrain | Dubai | UAE | 6 months | 8 | Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SUDARSHAN | 1043592 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 8 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| ADRIATICO | 8528591 | Guinea-Bissau | Gulluk | Turkiye | 3 months | 2 | Turkiye | Open | |
| GNL 1015 | 9468657 | Brazil | Niteroi | Brazil | 2 months | 10 | Brazil | Open | |
| HADI 49 | 9845336 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SUNNY LYNN | 9124926 | Panama | Giresun | Turkiye | 6 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| GNL 1001 | 9630327 | Brazil | Macae | Brazil | 2 months | 16 | Brazil | Open | |
| ANNA I | 9175016 | Tanzania | El Guamache anchorage | Venezeula | 2 months | 8 | Venezeula | Open | |
| SIDIA 1 | 7242683 | Cape Verde | Dakar | Senegal | 4 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| JJ-330 | Tanzania | Malaysia | 4 months | 1 | India | Open | |||
| CAPTAIN ADAM 1 | 8914087 | Tanzania | Djibouti | Djibouti | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| VECTIS ISLE | 8903040 | Comoros | Varna | Bulgaria | 2.5 months | 5 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| LORD 17 | 9146091 | Comoros | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 4 months | 25 | Bangladesh, India, Syria | Open | |
| SAN LORENZO | 9141053 | Philippines | Balayan | Philippines | 10 months | 9 | Bangladesh, Syria | Open | |
| PROSPERITY 1 | 7715422 | Tanzania | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2 months | 10 | Colombia, Panama, Venezuela | Open | |
| MISTER YUNIS | 9327126 | Comoros | Tuzla | Tkiye | 5 months | 10 | India, Myanmar, Ukraine | Open | |
| RICH ISLAND | 9003732 | Togo | Ningde | China | 3 months | 8 | China, Indonesia | Open | |
| GRACE | 9486300 | Antigua & Barbuda | Hafia | Israel | 2 months | 15 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| NEW WAY | 8857693 | Cameroon | Aliaga | Turkiye | 2 months | 15 | Kazakhstan, Ukraine | Open | |
| GULF WAVE 4 | 8310164 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| SICIILIA | 8129486 | Guinea-Bassau | Marina Di Portopalo | Italy | 8 | Turkiye | Open | ||
| GLOBAL HARK | 9030759 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 8 months | 1 | India | Open | |
| CELINE | 9305609 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 3 months | 25 | Egypt, Georgia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| JOURI | 9174775 | Panama | Damietta | Egypt | 5 months | 30 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| PRINCESS AYA | 7015509 | Comoros | Tripoli | Lebanon | 9 months | 3 | Syria | Open | |
| LSS SUCCESS | 6927092 | Panama | Salalah | Oman | 9 months | 13 | India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Tanzania | Open | |
| INSOMNIA | Malta | Nice | France | 3 months | 5 | Antigue, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy | Open | ||
| ARABIAN ENERGY | 9417490 | Unknown | Hamriyah | UAE | 7 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| LARUS | 9148506 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Hamriyah | UAE | 14 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| BESART | 8104591 | Tanzania | Durres | Albania | 3 months | 10 | India, Syria | Open | |
| ABDELRAHMAN-K | 750002 | Togo | Sudan | Sudan | 8 months | 12 | Egypt, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| ARDHIANTO | 9100528 | Togo | Djibouti | Djibouti | 3 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syris, Sudan | Open | |
| SUNRISE 1 | 9071662 | Unknown | Sharjah | UAE | 9 months | 2 | India | Open | |
| NURAY | 7520712 | Togo | Conakry | Guinea Conakry | 4 months | 10 | Lebanon, Syria | Open | |
| RT 10 | 9119933 | Bolivia | Jebel Ali | UAE | 8 months | 16 | India, Iran, Pakistan | Open | |
| INAYAH THE EXPLORER | 9141649 | Tanzania | Sao Luis | Brazil | 2 months | 11 | Indonesia | Open | |
| SORMOVSKIY 121 | 8133578 | Belize | Poti | Georgia | 4 months | 12 | Azerbaijan | Open | |
| PHOSPHERUS NH | 9118795 | Belize | Suez | Egypt | 9 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| GAM EXPRESS | 8204119 | Unknown | Kavkaz | Russia | 2 months | 16 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| PRADA | 9213301 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 24 | Bangladesh, India, Pakistan | Open | |
| HIMS 5 | 9821562 | Saudi Arabia | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 10 months | 14 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tanzania | Open | |
| VALANT | 9110444 | Comoros | 2 months | 19 | Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |||
| SHIMA MARU | 9066186 | Malaysia | Kuching | Malaysia | 4 months | tbc | Myanmar | Open | |
| SISTER 12 | 9010010 | Comoros | Aden anchorage | Yemen | 12 months | 7 | Syria | Open | |
| HADI 48 | 9745457 | Bahrain | Damman | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 18 | Ethopia, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| AMIR 2 | 9071167 | Tanzania | Salalah | Oman | 11 months | 19 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| TANIN | 8864347 | Iran | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 14 | 4 | India | Open | |
| HADI 26 | 9563017 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 10 | Egypt, India, Myanmar, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| GSP FALCON | 8324579 | Panama | Tuzla | Turkiye | 8 months | 3 | Romania | Open | |
| TRITEX GLORY | 8356027 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 4 months | 16 | India | Open | |||
| SAGAR VIJAY | 8401183 | India | Mumbai | India | 3 months | 115 | India | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | Unknown | Al Hodeidah | Yemen | 4 months | 16 | India, Syria | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 8207549 | United Arab Emirates | Dubai | UAE | 13 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| MR TRADER | 9084255 | Sierra Leone | Gebze | Turkiye | N/A | 21 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Khalid Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Myanmar | Open | |
| ARCHER | 8221789 | Unknown | Bandar Abbas | Iran | 13 months | 5 | India | Open | |
| SEA MASTER | 8601991 | Comoros | Suez South OPL anchorage | Eygpt | 15 months | 9 | India, Pakistan, Ukraine | Open | |
| SEA TRUCK | 7611509 | Comoros | Safaga | Egypt | 5 months | 6 | Egypt | Open | |
| NIBA | 9046784 | Unknown | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 2 months | 25 | Philippines, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| JARDO | 6813370 | Croatia | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia | Open | |
| C3 MAGNAR | 9050620 | Panama | Trogir | Croatia | 4 months | 6 | Croatia, Montenegro | Open | |
| APOLLO | 1011941 | Cayman Islands | Sibenik | Croatia | 8 months | 7 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| KEVALAY QUEEN | 7205910 | Libya | Misurata | Libya | 6 months | 20 | India, Iran | Open | |
| PASHA 9 | 9124885 | Unknown | Suez | Egypt | 6 months | 20 | Egypt, India, Sudan, Syria | Open | |
| STAR-1 | 8405012 | Panama | Sharjah Alpha | UAE | 3 months | 11 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| HADI 24 | 9524138 | Bahrain | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Georgia, India, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Ukraine | Open | |
| SV CLOVER | 9124885 | Tanzania | Dijbouti | Dijbouti | 2 months | 19 | India, Syria | Open | |
| AVACHINSKY | 8138695 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 31 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEAN CITRINE | 9626481 | India | Mumbai | India | 2 months | 15 | India | Open | |
| RAKAN 5 | 8922199 | Comoros | Aden | Yemen | 10 months | 20 | India, Syria | Open | |
| HADI 27 | 9463827 | Bahrain | Tanaqib | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 22 | Azerbaijan, Egypt, India, Jordan, Myanmar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| OLUTORSKY | 8826151 | Cameroon | Cape Town | South Africa | 8 months | 30 | Angola, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| LY 7 | 8542200 | Sireea Leone | Pasir Gudang | Malaysia | 16 months | 5 | China | Open | |
| PARESH OMID | 8649175 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 8 | India | Open | |
| HADI 42 | 9662253 | Bahrain | Safaniya | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 13 | Azerbaijan (1), Egypt, India, Jordan, Tanzania | Open | |
| JERBOA | 7026962 | Tanzania | Sharjah | UAE | 7 months | 12 | Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, Philippines, Sudan | Open | |
| ADWAY | 9563081 | Palau | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 9 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| OCEAN SNIPER | 8714138 | Kenya | Mombasa | Kenya | 5 months | 6 | Indonesia | Open | |
| BAY 10 | 9162760 | Tanzania | Suez | Egypt | 9 months | 18 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| ANADI | 9080871 | Palau | Hulumale | Maldives | 6 months | 9 | India | Open | |
| OCEAN EAGLE | 8714059 | Kenya | Mombasa | Kenya | 5 months | 7 | Indonesia | Open | |
| GAS MARTA | 9307748 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 3 months | 22 | Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| MLS SARATU | 9691852 | Singapore | Lagos | Nigeria | 6 months | 8 | Nigeria | Open | |
| OCEANIC 5000 | 9559145 | Barbados | Assaluyah | Iran | 4 months | 51 | India, Indonesia, Iran, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| ABSOLUTE | 9561215 | Palau | Mina Saqr | UAE | 3 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| MED STAR | 8604345 | Morocco | Gibraltar | 2 months | 43 | Morocco | Open | ||
| DINA QUEEN | 8812954 | Comoros | Tewfiq | Egypt | 4 months | 15 | Egypt, Syria | Open | |
| SUNNY LISA | 7359278 | Cameroon | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | 7 months | 8 | Ukraine | Open | |
| RAHIMA | 9072989 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Tuticorin | India | 7 months | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| HADI 37 | 9588110 | Bahrain | Ras Tanura | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 16 | Egypt, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| FATMA EYLUL | 9297917 | Belize | Istanbul | Türkiye | 2 months | 10 | Azerbaijan, Türkiye | Open | |
| AVADH | 9564358 | Palau | Tuticorin | India | 10 months | 9 | India, Indonesia, Myanmar | Open | |
| STAR-1 | 8405012 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 2 months | 17 | India, Lebanon, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| ROYAL 1 | 9109005 | Comoros | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 5 months | 18 | Egpyt, India, Syria | Open | |
| CHI FU | 8990172 | Mongolia | Ningde | China | 5 months | 7 | Myanmar | Open | |
| DTA 2 | 9208710 | UAE | Sharjah | UAE | 14 months | 5 | Ethiopia, Iran | Open | |
| CIMARRON | 9255933 | Cameroon | Zhoushan | China | tbc | 29 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| PROFESOR MIKHAYLO ALEKANDROV | 9121118 | Unknown | Las Palmas | Spain | 5 months | 3 | Ukraine | Open | |
| HADI 52 | 9511894 | Bahrain | Jubail | Saudi Arabia | 6 months | 6 | Egypt, India, Indonesia | Open | |
| YOUSSEF BEY | 9124029 | Belize | Damietta | Egypt | 2 months | 15 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| SUNSHINE 1 | 7027502 | UAE | Hamriya | UAE | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India | Open | |
| PRINCE 4 | 8512865 | Comoros | Sharjah | UAE | 12 months | 21 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| SIAM | 8637031 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Red Sea | Eritrea | tbc | 32 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Nigeria, Phillipines, Romania, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Yemen | Open | |
| GAS ATHENA | 9267950 | Panama | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 8 months | 16 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| MED SEA EAGLE | 8356443 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Khor Fakkan | UAE | 5 months | 11 | Azerbajian, India, Russia | Open | |
| PINK | 9631149 | San Marino | Istanbul | Türkiye | 5 months | 11 | India, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEANLEC 322 | 9506954 | Panama | Sharjah | UAE | 10 months | 10 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PURAVALAN 1 | 9072989 | Palau | Male | Maldives | tbc | 7 | India, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SONA | 9005053 | Panama | Dubai | UAE | 7 months | 27 | India, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| CHUANG SHI | 8545654 | Unknown | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 4 months | 3 | Myanmar | Open | |
| PLUTUS | 9132519 | Palau | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | 2.5 months | 23 | Azerbaijan, Georgia, Türkiye, Ukraine | Open | |
| FOURTHMAN | 9181508 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Lagos | Nigeria | 18 months | 18 | Vietnam | Open | |
| GAS ZEUS | 9267962 | Panama | Assaluyeh | Iran | 5 months | 16 | Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| AMBAR | 9548770 | Palau | Jawaharlal | India | 3 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| PSD 104 | 9191802 | Tanzania | Durban | South Africa | tbc | 8 | India, Pakistan | Open | |
| HADI 51 | 9619581 | Bahrain | Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | 3 months | 10 | India, Indonesia, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania | Open | |
| PRINCESS JESSICA | 8912467 | Unknown | Dakar | Senegal | 18 months | 4 | Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria | Open | |
| MIAMI | 8119259 | Iran | Khorramshahr | Iran | 16 months | 11 | Eritrea, India, Iran | Open | |
| TOMSON GAS | 8811766 | Panama | Hmariya | UAE | 5 months | 17 | India, Philippines, Ukraine | Open | |
| ANTARCTIC DREAM | 5278432 | St Kitts & Nevis | Maldives | 2 months | 20 | Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka | Open | ||
| ZIRIS | 9804162 | St. Vincent & the Grenadines | Asaluyah | Iran | 3 months | 7 | Eritrea, India, Indonesia, Syris | Open | |
| OCEAN CENTURY | 9435650 | St. Kitts & Nevis | Sharjah | UAE | 4 months | 10 | India, Indonesia | Open | |
| SAMED | 9415375 | Panama | Assaluyeh | Iran | 5 months | 10 | Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines | Open | |
| ONDA | 8912467 | Guyana | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 4 | Cameroon, Lebanon, Nigeria, Syria | Open | |
| GLOBAL HAWK | 9422859 | Cook Islands | Suakin | Sudan | $40,880 | 12 | India | Open | |
| SEDRATA | 9557795 | Algeria | Antwerp | Belgium | 2 months | 16 | Algeria | Open | |
| MERMAID | 9330020 | St Kitts & Nevis | Al Hamriyah | UAE | 3 months | 20 | Georgia, India, Russia, Ukraine | Open | |
| OCEAN EXPLORER | 9303637 | Panama | Mumbai | India | 5 months | 19 | Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Syria, Tanzania | Open | |
| ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE | 7202554 | Panama | Karachi OPL | Pakistan | tbc | 10 | Azerbaijan, Croatia, United Kingdom, Ukraine | Open | |
| FRIEND-3 | 9107253 | Comoros | King Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 10 months | 12 | Egypt, India, Syria | Open | |
| KONYUI | Cameroon | Dakar | Senegal | 7 months | 9 | Ghana, Guinea, Iran, Sierra Leone, Ukraine | Open | ||
| BLUEFLOSS | 7419042 | Togo | Takoradi | Ghana | 33 months | 10 | Cuba, Ghana | Open | |
| AL WAKRA | 7715991 | Tanzania | Khalid Port | UAE | $72,000 | 14 | India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria | Open | |
| CUTETA | 8605935 | Angola | Dakar | Senegal | 12 months | 35 | Guinea Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, Cuba | Open | |
| TIMGAD | 9697337 | Algeria | Ghent | Belgium | tbc | 20 | Algeria | Open | |
| SHETAB | 9208019 | Iran | Kish | Iran | 10 months | 7 | Ethiopia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka | Open | |
| SAI ARAMBH | 9115456 | India | Colombo | Sri Lanka | tbc | 19 | India | Open |
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Abandoned Seafarers
Abandonment happens when shipowners refuse to accept their responsibilities to support the crews on their vessels.
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Criminalisation
Each country has its own legal system. What you might expect in your own country may not apply elsewhere.
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Wages
Your wage rates will depend on whether you are serving on a national flag vessel or a ship covered by an ITF agreement.
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